Alisa is the Russian form of Alice, which goes back to the Germanic Adalheidis and means "noble" or "of noble kind"; it is also read as a spelling of the Hebrew Aliza, "joy". The spelling keeps the name apart from Alyssa, with which it is often confused. Alisa ranked number 611 in the United States in 2000, left the top 1000 in the 2010s and ranks number 1654 in 2025 with 125 girls.